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70Planting and Enjoying Native Edible Tubers: Claytonia virginica/Spring Beauty
Potatoes, also known as edible tubers, belong to the plant group geophytes. Geophytes are plants that are able to retain energy in their fleshy underground parts. This allows them to survive in a partially dormant state during the harshest weather...
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70The Dog. Man's Best Friend (When it Suits Him) Poetry.
Living in England it is heartening to see the many well kept dogs. Not so visible are the thousands of badly treated and abandoned creatures; those bred for dog-fighting and more used in animal experiments, the last gaining more acceptance in 2011....
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723 Easy Ways To Turn A Baked Potato Into A Hearty, Tasty, Healthy Meal
A baked potato doesn't have to be just a side-dish. You can turn it into a hearty, balanced, complete meal with an infinite variety of toppings. Here are 3 to get you started.
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72Piezoelectric Lighters and Sparkers
A BBQ igniter and most long-nosed lighters use a piezoelectric (Pahy-ee-zoh-i-lek-trik) sparker to generate a spark. These little devices have many uses. BBQ Lighter Push-button Cigarette lighters Some wrist watches Crystal Microphones ...
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74How to make a mini potato gun
Want something to do on a weekend? Costing only about $10, this is a great project to build. Using a Gatorade bottle as the combustion chamber and a BBQ lighter as the ignition source, spray this puppy up with your favorite deodorant, and watch the...
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62Fine English Cuisine - Toad-in-the-hole Recipe with Sausages and Yorkshire Pudding!
This is real stick-to-your-ribs filling comfort food, cheap and cheerful! I think part of the original charm was it was inexpensive to make and as well as being so tasty. Here's a no fail recipe with tips to make sure it turns out right!
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65Three Random and Dark Memories I Might have of my Childhood
Do you remember vague bits of your childhood that you remember remembering forever, but aren’t quite sure if you remember? (Now read that fast, five times…just kidding) Moving on…as you may or may not know, I came here (to the US) at age...
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65How to Clean Your Burn Barrel
Why would anyone need to know how to clean a burn barrel? Isn't it obvious? Apparently not. On my burn barrel page, one reader asked how we handled the buildup in the barrel over time. Today, I did some of that...hence this hub.. Two days after...
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